Back in 1992, Fred Nolan produced one of the standards of Western history. The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History was the most complete look...
The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History
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Mark Boardman
A Grave Matter for Mattie Earp
You may know Celia Ann Blaylock-Mattie-from movies such as Tombstone or Wyatt Earp. She’s the drugged out, paranoid shrew who tried the patience of...
The Original Boot Hill
In the streets of a Kansas prairie town on an evening in mid-1872, a familiar pattern unfolded-a crowd gathered, somebody fired a gun and somebody...
Preservation: Remember the Alamo (Replica)
Remember the Alamo (Replica) John Wayne starred in 1960’s The Alamo, filmed on a 500-acre set that took two years to build. When the actors and...
The Last Link to the Little Bighorn
He is the one living connection to the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Custer’s Last Stand if you prefer. He’s an old man now, 96 on October 27....
Preservation: An Artistic Renovation
An Artistic Renovation In 1940 Olaf Wieghorst found his calling as a Western artist. Born in Denmark in 1899, he emigrated to the U.S. in his...
Preservation: Saving the Neighborhood
Saving the Neighborhood Wyoming was still living the Wild West when the state’s first governor’s mansion was built in Cheyenne in 1904. It housed...
Patton’s First Two Notches
May 14, 1916 Second Lt. George S. Patton and his force, riding in Dodge touring autos, approach the San Miguelito Ranch from the south,...
Preservation: Surrender Site
Surrender Site We now know just where the Mexican army surrendered to Sam Houston’s forces at the Battle of San Jacinto. You mean, the site was...
A Dust-Up in Delta
September 7, 1893 It’s a stifling hot Thursday morning in Delta, Colorado. Shops are open for business; most folks are inside, trying to beat the...
American West: Then & Now
Chances are you’ve never heard of Mrs. Nettie M. Dickson of Arrow Rock, Missouri. You may not have heard about Arrow Rock, for that matter. It’s...
Preservation: Where the Bodies are Buried
Where the Bodies are Buried In 2007, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco was expanding its facility. The foundation of the new...